2006 Big Ten All-Freshman 2006 Second Team All-Big Ten 2006 Soccer Buzz Mid-Atlantic All-Freshman 2006 Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American Lion Career 2006... Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team... Also a second team All-Big Ten selection... Along with Katie Schoepfer, named to the Soccer Buzz Mid-Atlantic All-Freshman team... honored as a Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American... Started all 22 games she played... notched 830 minutes of scoreless soccer en route to eight shutouts on the season... tied All-American Emily Oleksiuk for goals against average as a freshman (0.89)... had a string of five straight shutouts beginning with Purdue (10/6) and finally ending in a 2-1 victory over Northwestern (10/22)... had 79 saves and a .798 save percentage.

Before Penn State A top five recruit nationally according to Soccer Buzz, she was the highest rated goal keeper in the country... a Parade All-American and two-time NSCAA Youth All-American, Naeher has completed stints with the U.S. National Team at the Under-16 and Under-17 levels... was a three-time all-state and three-time FAA all-conference selection at Christian Heritage School, where she also was an honor roll student... a standout basketball player as well, she scored over 2,000 points in her career.

Personal Full name is Alyssa Michele Naeher... born April 20, 1988 in Bridgeport, Conn., she is the daughter of John and Donna Lynn Naeher... her father was a varsity basketball and track athlete at Kings College... she has not yet decided on a major.